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    What was the riesling wine the Queen drank on her birthday?

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Answer:
Which birthday*? (Second update :) -- The Queen most recent birthday was her 80th birthday in 2006. There were many events, lunches and dinners in honour of it that she attended.

I've found the menus for three of them so far and at two Riesling was served. At a Birthday lunch two dayson 19 April 2006 at Buckingham Palace for 99 people sharing the Queen's 80th birthday the white wine was Riesling Cuvée St. Catherine 1999 - the full menu was

Tian de Légumes et Fines Herbes

Filet de Boeuf Bordelaise
Carottes à l'Estragon
Haricots Verts
Pommes Fondantes
Salade
Mille-feuille au Citron

The wines were Riesling Cuvée St. Catherine 1999 and Clos René, Pomerol 1998 (Source http://www.royalinsight.gov.uk/textonly/... )

There was a luncheon at Mansion House where the menu was

STARTER
smoked salmon with blinis

MAIN COURSE

loin of venison

DESSERT

with custard tart

WINES
Ridge View Merret Grosvenor Blanc de Blancs
Te Mata Estate Woodthorpe vineyard chardonnay
Chateau Margaux
Mount Horrocks Cordon Cut Riesling

(Source http://www.thestandard.com.hk/weekend_ne... )

Here is the Queens Birthday menu (source Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/ar... )

The Queen's birthday menu

STARTER

Timbale of organic Hebridean smoked salmon, Morecambe Bay brown shrimp mayonnaise and fine herbs, with caper, lemon and parsley dressing

MAIN

Juniper-roast loin of Sandringham Estate venison with a port wine sauce, served with steamed young cabbage and spring vegetables

DESSERT

Birthday chocolate sponge cake coated with a dark chocolate ganache and filled with a Highgrove fruit filling, served with a Highgrove red berry compote.

WINES

Red wine - Le Fleur Petrus (Pomerol) 1995
White wine - Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 1994
Pudding wine - Chateau d'Yquem 1982

*she has two, the real one and an official one
Lambrusco
I thought she was drinking a can of cherry coke *LOL*


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